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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

ARRANGEMENTS are being made In CincIn-
natl for pilgrimage to the tomb of ex-Presi-
dent Harrison, at North Bend. The object
is to give an impetus to the movement for the
erection of monument at his grave. The
time selected is the 5th of October, the ami
versary of the Battle of the Thames. Hon.
BENZ Butterworth and Hon. Chas. E. Brown,
members of Congress from the First and Sec
ond districts of Ohio, nave accepted invita-
tons to be present and deliver orations in
honor of the illustrious dead, and invitations
will be sent to other members of Congress
from southern Ohio, eastern Indiana, and
northern Kentucky to attend. Hon. Ben
Harrison and Hon. Richard w. Thompson, of
this State, will be extended a cordial invita-
ton personally. Special invitations will also
be extended to the Governors of Ohio, Indi-
ana, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, and Wis
consin to be present, and an effort will be
made to give the affair something of national
significance. This is tardy recognition of
General Harrison's services as soldier and
statesman, and it is to be hoped it may prove
successfn1
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
ABOO DLER AT JOLIET.
A Cook County Commissioners Show the Old
Conyicts How to Dig Potatoes.

Convicts How to Dig Potatoes.
Joliet CIl1.) Special In Chicago Inter Ocean.
R. S. McClaughrey, the Cook county ex-com-
missioner, spent easy night in the court soli-
tary last night. and under the care of the physi-
clan was greatly revived this morning. much
so that he ate a good breakfast. and when
brought before Deputy Warden, Garvin and
asked if he felt strong enough to go to work at
and was ready for any task that the State might
assign him The deputy entered him upon
his register and assigned him to the farm
and gave his assignment check to a guard
to report him to the superintendent of
the farm, who without question set him to dig
ging potatoes. The old man went to work Wig
orously, as if he would forget his position in
thoughts of his work, and he rolled the potatoes
out with skill and at a rate that made the other
convcrs regard him with astonishment lie dug
this work is completed in few days he will
probably be made general utility man about
the barns taking care of the stock, chopplng up
feed and looking after the Jersey herd of cows.
The old man went through the changing of his
clothes without any words and with alacrity.
a mirror, he could see how he looked
The request was denied. There are many
of his old comrades, those who were in
his company. here who relate stories OF him.
Ore Jonas w. Ingraham, member of the cap
tain's company said, 'If ever there was square
man it was Uncle Dick McClaughery." He knew
him since 1885, two years after he came to Cook
county. While in the war Ingraham said that
he kept nine soldiers families, and has kept
three ever since the war. There is not . man in
the old One-hundredth Regiment, he said, that
would not fight for Captain McClaughery, not
one that would believe that he would wrong
man out of a cent. McClaughrey ate his dinner
and mis- supper in his cell IN the east wing to day
with apparent relish, and the courage and toE IL
tude with which he bears up under his misiort-
une is remarkable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

THE Riddleberger incident has its ridiculous
and serious aspects. The fact that it is the
first time in American history that Senator
of the United States has been arrested and
jailed for contempt of court makes the Incl
dent extraordinary. But then Riddleberger
is an extraordinary Senator, and Virginia
Judges are of the extraordinary kind. Rid
dleberger has a talent for making himself
ridiculous, and comes pretty near being
chronic nuisance, but it is doubtful if his
action in this case was contempt of court.
According to the account, his client, charged
with larceny, and found guilty of insanity,
was induced to parade the streets with pla-
card rejecting on the court, and Riddleberger
was accused Of melting him to it. If this
had been done while the case was pending it
would undoubtedly have been contempt. but
done after the case was disposed of, it proba-
bly, was not. But the Virginia judge took
the bit in his teeth, declined to hear any de-
Tense, and peremptorily sentenced Rid
dleberger to fine and imprisonment. While
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

anticipate no opposition whatever to cession
to the United States" The probability is
that his title was obtained by advancing the
money to pay the British claim above referred
to. Whatever it is, he is going to Washing
ton to offer the island to our government on
terms which he represents as very liberal.
We are not aware that the United States is in
any particular need of more territory at pres
ent, especially of such territory as the Tortu-
gas island, and it is not very likely that
Commander Ullman will succeed in his mis-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

COMMANDER ULLMAN. retired officer of
the Hungarian army, has just arrived in New
York on interesting mission. According
TO the New York Herald, this is nothing less
than formal offer to cede the Tortugas
Island to the United States. The island is
regarded valuable as naval station, and it
was stated short time ago that the British
government was trying to get possession of it
by means of trumped-up claim which was
finally settled. 1t is also considered of posi-
BILE strategic value as being within command
Ing distance Of the Panama canal. Com
mander Ullman claims to have a title bond
FOR the island or some kind of authority to
dispose of it. He says: 1.-The Haytian gov
srnment has signed an agreement of treaty
with me, giving me full right and authority
to sell Tortugas. A strong prejudice against
'he European powers exists in Hayti, but l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Boston Says 1t Is Bawston.

Boston Transcript.
The local pronunciation Of names of places
must be taken as authoritative. For instance,
one may hear the Saco spoken of in the West as
"Sayco." The writer has heard the stream so
called many time, but that does not lessen his
confidence in the belief that the original and
proper sound of the name is represented by
.'Sawco.n We are sometimes charged by purists
with pronouncing the of our city as
.'Bawston" The charge is true enough, but
what is implied in it-that such pronunciation is
wrong-happens to be a mistake The name is
of Lincolnshire origin, and the vowel properly
retains it's Lincolnshire sound. What that sound
is may be learned from dictionaries of provincial
Er glish. from the mouths of natives ths
spot Of the latter authority is the statement OF
Mr. Walter White, in the first volume OF his
Eastern England" where he says that the local
pronunciation of the name is "Bawston."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
The Difference Between the Parties.

New York Mail aud Express
The truth is that Republican Harmony"
which has not been attained without good
deal OF sagaeious leadership and many laudable
instances of individual sacrifices, is natural
condition for party having in its rank and file
so much intelligent appreciation OF party prin-
The Republicans have definite, important,
thoroughly tried principles and policies 20 unite
on and to work for The Democrats have no
principles applicable to the conduct OF national
or State affairs, on which they unite. The
Republicans have no Federal patronage and not
enough State patronage to be worthy of mention,
and patronage is source o. internal party dis
sensions always but especially in the case of
the Democratic party, which, for the most part.
is only held in outward unity by ''the cohesive
mower of public plumber
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

SAN FRANCISCO receives from the Sand
wich. Islands about so, 900 tons of sugar an
nuaily more than can be disposed of on the
Pacific coast. Under the present reciprocity
treaty with the islands the sugar is admitted
free of duty and is laid down in San Francisco
very cheap. Being bulky and heavy it can
not be shipped East proftably by rail. The
experiment is therefore to be tried Of shipping
tons, are now en- route for New York. The
arrival of this amount of raw sugar in New
York in one consignment and at low figures
will doubtless affect the refining business
prices
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

PHILADELPHIA is making extensive prepa-
rations for the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of the birthday of the federal
Constitution, in September. The railroad
companies have so far co-operated with the
citizens in their efforts that fares over the
three great lines leading to that city will be
reduced one-half during that week. This fact
will probably insure greater crowd than love
brino IN town
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

CAPT. w. r. MYERS, late Secretary of
State. now candidate for Governor, in his An
derson Democrat of the 10Th complains bit
terly that Lieutenant-governor Robertson has
drawn his salary as Lieutenant governor to
date. Who else should draw it9 Green Smith
got away with $50 of State money under false
pretenses. In the language of Captain Myers.
'the orphans at the Soldiers Home are in bad
need of this money" Can't the good Captain
get Mr.. Smith to refund it, We have failed
TINS far
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

THE fact that large majority of the old
soldiers are Republicans is justification
for the indianapolis Sentinel's attack the
Grand Army. When it said 'the indications
are that plot was to be concocted to murder
Cleveland at St. Louis" it made a wholesale
charge against the Grand Army, regardless of
politics. The spirit and animus of the assault
cannot be mistaken. Afouler libel was never
conceived or uttered than the charge that the
Grand Army of the Republic is composed of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

SwINBURNE. the English poet. makes a savage
attack on Walt Whitman in the current number
of the Fortniehtly Review. He says Whitman is
no poet. that his Eve is a drunken apple
woman, indecently sprawling in the slush and
garbage of the gutter, amid the rotten refuse of
her overturned fruit stall. and his Venus a
Hottentot wench under the influence of canthar-
ides and adulterated This is pretty Sc
we're, but hardly than the judgment
some people would pass on Swinburne, who is
probably jealous of Whitman's in his
own line. The editor OF the North American
Review sent Whitman two or three dispatches
urgently requesting him to reply to Swinburne.
but he simply replied he had 'nothin' to say"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

FRED DOUGLASS has just returned from a for
eign trip of several months duration On the
returning steamer evening entertainment
was held, according to custom, and Mr. Douglass
asked to preside, which he did. 1t was
ported that one of the passengers, Rev. Mr.
Evans. declined to take part in the entertain
ment because Mr.. Douglass was to preside. The
old man was interviewed this point and said:
1.-THE entertainment was very informal affair
There was little music and recitatons and
made speech of about ten minutes length 1t
very well received and some of the passen-
gers told me it was the most enjoyable part of
the entertainment don't know whether they
meant it. or simply wished to tickle my vanity;
but, at any rate, they were successful. for was
very much eratified at their praise. l am sorry
If any one kept away from the entertainment on
my account, but am old man, past seventy
and if Mr.. Evans will please pardon me for liv
ing little longer shall be thankful Having
no part or lot in my creation, / suppose may
be excused for living"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

The Washington Post suggests that Gov.
Proctor Knott, of Kentucky celebrate his
retirement from the cares of state by
visit to Duluth, adding: ''The town is on a
boom, and he did much as anybody to
start the boom" That speech gave Proctor
Knott one of the biggest booms on record.
Perhaps it is the only instance in history
where an orator unwittingly made the great
est effort of his life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

A SALEM Mass. paper says that on Sunday
last, while the pastor of one of the churches in
that city was uttering fervent prayer, ''the
peculiar cry of an English sparrow was heard
directly from beneath the pastors chair. con-
tinuing until the prayer was ended, when the
bird rose over the congregation and sank futter-
ing on the shoulders of gentleman in rear
pew" There seems to be disposition to invest
the incident with tender interest. No one who
knows the English sparrow will for moment
believe that he went to church for any good
purpose. He was probably foraging for free
lunch or trying to steal material for next years
nest. There are no good sparrows but dead
ones.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

THE people living in the neighborhood of
the Chatsworth disaster take no stock in the
theory advanced by the employees of the road
that the bridge was set fire by train
wreckers AS to the statement made by the
section hands that the grass about the bridge
had been burned by them ten days ago, the
farmers say that the grass shows no signs of
1t. They believe that if the track had been
properly watched the calamity might have
been ayerted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
A ShoddY Railroad.

New York Evening Post.
The Toledo. Peoria g. Western railroad was
a shoddy concern in the beginning. put together
by hook and by crook in the great mania for
cheap roads in the period Immediately after the
war We suspect that little has been done to
improve it since. 1t went bankrupt in 1873
was reorganzed and taken into the Wabash
system, went bankrupt again with Wabash, was
taken out of the Wabash medley and set going
on it's own account Probably this accident will
bankrupt it the third time, but that will be the
least of the calamities that involved in the
slaughter at Piper City.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

EDITOR GRADY, of Atlanta. and Senator Col
Quit, of Georgia, called on the President Satur-
day 20 present the invitation OF the Atlanta ex-
position for him to visit them In October. The
invitation elaborate affair, quite SURPRISING
that of St. Louis in elegance of design and
ecution. 1t is made OF four leaves OF Georgia
gold about the size of a 12mo. book, bound with
clasps of Georgia silver, and each clasp set with
a Georgia DIAMOND. The invitation is inclosed
in q box inlaid with sixty six samples of Georgia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

recognized as a voluntary act on his part. no
matter under what pressure or demand 1t was
written, and that the Civil-service Com mission
has no right to investigate the circumstances
under which it was procured By analogy,
Judge Edeerton will also doubtless argue that in
a case where a man has resigned his pocket
book to armed highwayman the act must be
recognized as voluntary one, which the grand
jury has no right to investigate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

humanity. He used to get up at 4 in the morn
ing and do his best work in the cold. Now he
writes when he can He reads no books, opens
n letters, and husbands his failing strength
with the most tender care.
THE will of Miss Rebecca Hunter, of Newport,
r. l., the aged lady who drowned off the
cliffs two weeks ago. is found to be very inter
esting docum To some fifty sixty of her
old pupils she leaves beautiful tokens of affec-
ton She gives $500 to the Island Cemetery,
about So, 900 to the Newport Hospital and about
S.. 900 to the Association for Aid for the Aged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
All Talk and No Gas.


Relative to piping Indianapolis for natural gas
and bringing it into practical in the CITY.
there has been airing of views. telling
how it should be done and how it should not,
and could not be done, and less done than in
any city of the whole country that has such
great advantages right at her gates. Instead of
being man-like at the capital. they act to out
siders more like lot of ten year-old school boys
playing marbles 'for keeps" and discussing
who shall give the first Throw"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
A Picturesque Preacher.

Louisville Courier Journal.
Rev. Myron w. Reed, of Denver, is the latest
person gossiped about as Mr.. Beecher's successor
in the pulpit of Plymouth Church. Mr. Reed is
a man who uses striking expressions in his ser.
mons, mixes politics with his religion, and cams
very near getting into Congress the Demo
cratic ticket at the election last November He
is picturesque enough to attract attention
which is a necessity in the man who breaches
from Plymouth's pulpit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
from defeat

THE protracted drought will damage crops
somewhat, and may make fall trade little
sluggish, but it is to be hoped Green Smith
will be able to get ahead enough to refund
the State the two dollars illegally overdrawn
on salary account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Worse than q BIunder.

FrankfOrt Banner.
The Indianapolis Sentinel. under its blood and,
thunder management, never made SO egregious
a biunder when it printed the statement that
there plot to murder the President at the
St. Louis encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Such a charge could only ema
nate from q paper controlled by ring whose
chief occupation has been to outrage the wards
of the State
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Sample Democratic Roorbacks.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Among Democratic roorbacks of the season
the following occupy good position to win the
championship:
l. The intimation by the Indianapolis Sentinel
that there a Republican plot to murder
President Cleveland at St. Louis.
2. The statement IN the Cincinnati Enquirer
by a prominent Democrat identity concealed,
that President Cleveland will declare that
he is not candidate for denomination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

THE President has been invited to make
s'short stop" at Dayton. Specializing on the
possibility of visit, a correspondent says:
eff there should be time he will be driven to
the Soldiers Home to behold the vast array of
veteran pensioners, many of whom were cav
alrymen and injured by the horns of their sad
dies during the war" This is a palpable hit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
They stu Stick.

st. Louis Post Dispatch
Harper's Weekly and the Evening Post an
nounce that they are still sticking to the Presi
dent. The revised mugwump view of Mr.
Cleveland may be expressed in these lines:
I'VE know not, reck not, if quilts in thy heart;
We know that we love thee, whatever thou art"
The latest authoritative deliverances of the
mugwump oracle such to make Higgini
feel comfortable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Ratsi
Rostnn Herald lnInr


We are disposed to believe that President
Cleveland has been disappointed the slowness
of the progress which the civil service reform
movement has made. We fancy that if he
could have consulted lis personal wishes he
would before this have placed the clvil-service
of the government on that basis of bipartisan
stability that the thoroughgoing civil-service re-
formers desire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Sam and Dan.

Hendricks County Republican
Sam Perkins has been denounced by the great
Voorhees, The difference between Sam and
Dan is that Sam went back on his party when it
was in danger of disgrace. and Dan went back
on his country when it was in danger of disso-
luton. Dan ought to remember his own fail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

ARRANGEMENTS are making for very i'm
posing ceremonies at the Inauguration of
Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, on the Both
inst A sort of Democratic thanksgiving
service, as it were, for the narrow escape
.froYY, defeat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

PROF. W. o. ATwATER read paper before the
national convention of scientists TO show that
five quarts of oysters artifcially swollen by
tricky dealers to measure of six quarts con-
tanned more than the original quantity of nu-
triment This position seems reasonable, but
the learned gentleman ought not to grumble.
Five quarts of oysters should be enough for any
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
A Demand on Foraker's Opponent.

Demand on EOraker's Opponent.
Cleveland Leader.
There is . unanimous demand from all over
Ohio to have General Thomas Doodle Powell
to tell what he would have done with tie rebel
flags. What do you suppose a man would have
done with them who strung rope from his Office
window at Columbus and hung to it an old shirt
daubed with great patches of red paints
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
A Malicious Lie.
Lafayette Courier.

Lafayette Courier.
The Indianapolis Sentinel has started a ma
licious lie that a plot is on foot to murder the
President at the St. Louis encampment. The
statement is an insult to every member of the
Grand Army, and the source from which it
springs is sufficient to refute any foundation for
i.a truth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
knows His Followers.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
st. Johns remark that the Prohibitionists will
go into the presidential with ardent spirits
is in keeping with his previous observation that
a voter need not be temperance man to be a
Prohibitionst
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Edgerton's Reasoning.

Philadephia Press.
Civil.service Commissioner Edgerton makes a
craftsmanship by taking the position that the
resignation Of government employe must be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
Can't Run Them All,

New York nj all and Express.
A friend of Mr. George says that he is worried
at the divisions in the Labor party Thers are
no less than half dozen branches over which
George has no control, he feels that his strength
is waning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

wood. polished and joined with exceeding skill.
The box is embedded in block of Georgia mar
BILE of every shade, from black to white. On the
cover leaf Of the invitation engraved portraits
of the President and Mrs. Cleveland, the mono
gram of the Exposition and picture of the
clubhouse of the Piedmont Driving Club On
the second leaf is the invitation cut into gold on
the third page IS the invitation of the Driving
Club; on the fourth page is engraved picture
of the main Exposition building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15

THE Grand Army of the Republic is not
composed of murderers or assassins the
indianapolis Sentinel to the contrary not
withstanding.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-15
German Frauds.

San Francisco Chronicle.
The Germans are imposing upon the natives
in Central America wares franauientiy Iaoeleo
as American- to the detriment of our commerce
and reputatiou.